Sheriff’s Station stages saturation patrol

Deputies assigned to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Crime Prevention Unit, along with deputies from the Crime Impact Team, arrested two individuals and cited another following a Thursday morning saturation patrol operation on Santa Clarita’s paseos, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Station.

The operation took place Thursday morning with deputies using “patrol vehicles, deputies on bicycles, and deputies using T3 patrol vehicles on the paseos throughout the city of Santa Clarita” according to the news release.

“The T3 vehicles the city bought really help us navigate the paseos, bike paths, and residential neighborhoods,” said Deputy Josh Dubin in the news release. “And the fact that they’re essentially silent until we turn the siren and forward-facing red lights means we can usually catch any criminals in the act, as we can see them before they see us.”

A 22-year-old female was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen property while another, 25-year-old female was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance: methamphetamine.

A third adult female was cited at approximately 10:45 a.m. for possessing an open alcohol container, according to the news release.

Deputies and teams from the Sheriff’s Station are used to patrol the paseos and surrounding areas at random and undisclosed times throughout the year, according to the news release.

“These types of operations and others just like it will continue throughout the year to ensure our residents have the safest possible paseo access to parks, entertainment venues and shopping centers throughout the city of Santa Clarita,” the news release reads. “Criminals who choose to break the law and are caught will be arrested.”